Casa Sardinera | Sardinera House by Ramón Esteve Estudio
Architectural film by Alfonso Calza
SARDINERA HOUSE
Architect: Ramon Esteve Estudio
Anna Bosca
Estefania Perez
Victor Ruiz
Maria Martez
Emilio Perez
Location: Xàbia, Spain | View Map
Project Year: 2014
Category: Residential Landscape
The house is designed as a set of concrete walls facing different directions, compressing and expanding the views. The vertical surfaces are limited horizontally by long cantilevers which creating verandas that enclose the large terrace. The views outwards are framed between the architectural surfaces and the pool surface.
Located in a setting of great beauty and valuable landscape, in front of the Mediterranean Sea, between El Portixol and Cala Blanca, the Sardinera House lays on the top of a hillside, lined by a headland entering the sea on a bay of turquoise waters.
UNIQUE LOCATION
“The original idea for the design was based on enjoying and enhancing the panoramic views of the setting, by creating a relaxing contemplative environment that allows enjoying the experience provided by the place.”
TWO SIDES-ONE HOUSE
The longitudinal façades of the house are opposite. The entrance façade, hermetical and opaque, is protected by an automatic system of adjustable shutters made of whitened Accoya wood. It protects the façade from the sun exposition and, at the same time, limits the viewing from the street. On the contrary, the East façade is much more permeable and transparent. The concrete vertical surfaces are sealed with large glass panes, protected by cantilevers and twisting curtains that bring an ethereal Mediterranean atmosphere.
TECTONIC CHARCATER
“The house has a strong tectonic character because of its expressive materials. The texture of the white concrete poured into the white timber have achieved such a resemblance that they sometimes seem the same, as it becomes apparent in the lateral windows.”
VISIBLE PROCESS
“The house reflects the construction process. All structural parts are made of exposed concrete, while the enclosure is made of timber and glass.”
LEVEL WITH A SEA FRONT
There is an access through a double-height volume with side walls aiming the view at the sea and offering the visitor a first contact with the horizon. The day rooms are on the ground floor, as part of a fluid set articulated by the white concrete walls. Some vegetation is introduced in the in-between spaces, bringing the garden into the house. Each room opens towards the horizon through its own veranda.
FRAMING THE VIEW
The living room takes on a role and a unique dimension, a corner of glass of six meters in height frame the best views of the sea. Throughout the whole house are generated multiple spaces from which to contemplate it, so much as from each one of their inner rooms all the way to the exterior spaces. “The living room has a main role and a singular feature, a glass corner framing the best views of the sea” .
THE WATER CONNECTION
On the basement floor, besides service and parking areas, there are some guest bedrooms, a gym and an indoor pool, with a sauna and a dressing room. “The indoor and outdoor pools are on different floors but linked by a longitudinal window. Through it, the water of the outdoor pool casts shadows over the indoor pool.”
BEAUTIFUL AND EFFICIENT
The housing has been designed by sustainable criteria and has obtained the energy certification A. Situated on one of the decks is a system of vacuum tubes that, using accumulators, heat the interior hot water and of the swimming pools. This solution is complemented with a heat pump that is powered by a system of wells of geothermal energy. The housing is oriented to the east-west to ensure sustainable use of natural currents of air and sunlight. The eastern facade is protected by a few large cantilever beams, while the west facade has an enclosure formed by adjustable and steerable motor driven planks that in summer use as protection from sunlight while allowing the passage of the breezes and in winter it is opens by capturing the sun. The house is oriented east-west to ensure the exploitation of the natural currents of air and sunlight. The east façade is protected by overhangs, while the west façade has an enclosure formed by a blade motorized steerable and adjustable, which protect in the summer of sunlight allowing for the passage of the breezes, in winter it is open by capturing the sun. In the large glass surfaces has been provided a double coating with thermal and acoustic insulation with solar control. In addition, the housing presents a wraparound of ten centimeters of extruded polystyrene, high density, which ensures a high thermal insulation. Under the outdoor swimming pool has been prepared an underground tank of 100,000 liters, where the rainwater is channeled subsequently for the use of irrigation.
21 окт 2024
